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The State of Developmental Education

Higher Education and Public Policy Priorities

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Education Policy (EDPOLICY)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction—The State of Developmental Education

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 1-15
  3. A History of Developmental Education

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 17-31
  4. Developmental Education as a Strategy Toward State and Institutional Goals

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 33-39
  5. South Carolina

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 41-64
  6. Oklahoma

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 65-86
  7. Colorado

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 87-110
  8. North Carolina

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 111-131
  9. Kentucky

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 133-152
  10. Rethinking Developmental Education Policy and Practice

    • Tara L. Parker, Michelle Sterk Barrett, Leticia Tomas Bustillos
    Pages 153-164
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 165-195

About this book

The State of Developmental Education is the first book to provide a thorough, comparative picture of how developmental education is carried out at higher education institutions and investigate how different state-level policies and priorities change the availability, types, and quality of developmental education available.

Reviews

"The State of Developmental Education provides incisive analysis of this controversial, contentious, and sometimes confusing field. Through their groundbreaking work, Parker, Sterk Barrett, and Bustillos carefully examine the often unexplored role of policy with developmental education implementation in five states. The authors raise the conversation from the level of the classroom to that of the statehouse. Interviews with one hundred policymakers in these states reveal the current peril and potential future for developmental education." - David Arendale, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, USA, and former president of the National Association for Developmental Education

About the authors

Author Tara L. Parker: Tara L. Parker is Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development of the University of Massachussets Boston, USA. Author Michelle Sterk Barrett: Michelle Sterk Barrett is Director of the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning at College of the Holy Cross, USA.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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